Gender, empire, global capitalism: Colonial and corporate expatriate wives

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1279-1297

  Fechter, Anne Meike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expatriate; Gender; Global capitalism; Indonesia; Postcolonial

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ISSUE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; POST-COLONIALISM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

INDONESIA;

EID: 77954991794     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691831003687717     Document Type: Article

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